An Introduction to Chaucer.

Author / Editor
Hussey, Maurice, A. C. Spearing, and James Winny.

Title
An Introduction to Chaucer.

Published
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965.

Physical Description
vii, 192 pp.

Series
Selected Tales of Chaucer.

Description
Designed as a "not too bulky" introduction to Chaucer and his life for the Cambridge University Press series "Selected Tales of Chaucer," providing fundamental information about Chaucer's life, language, social contexts, and intellectual background, accompanied by a brief guide to "Some difficult words" and a bibliography and index. Includes six chapters: "Chaucer Himself" and "Chaucer's Science" by Winny, "Chaucer's England" and "The Church" by Hussey, and "Chaucer's Language" and "Chaucer the Writer" by Spearing.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Chaucer's Life
Language and Word Studies